What We're Reading: Labor News Roundup
Friday, March 7, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)In the
D.C. fire
department, a cold war simmers between the chief and the rank and
file,
Washington Post, March 1: In the past three years, the
D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department has been ravaged
byplummeting
morale, strife between the rank and file (members of Fire Fighters 36) and
management, and a series of public blunders under the tumultuous tenure of
Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe. photo:
Firefighters from Engine 3 work an apartment fire on Capitol Hill; courtesy
Melina Mara/The Washington Post
MetroAccess is a public
transit lifeline for people with disabilities, Washington Post, March
1: Mandated by the Americans
With Disabilities Act, MetroAccess -- whose drivers are members of ATU 1764 --
is vital to many of its 32,000 users, people who are not physically capable of
riding Metro’s buses or trains or who might feel frightened doing so because
of
their disabilities.
